WATCH: Glass bottom skywalk thrills in China | Lifestyle.INQ

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In this photo taken on June 1, 2017, tourists look on from a glass-bottomed skywalk, certified as the world's longest, at the Ordovician park in Wansheng. Hovering more than 100 metres (328 feet) above a gaping chasm, a glass-bottomed skywalk has set a record in China while delighting and terrifying visitors. Guinness World Records certified the bridge in southwest Chongqing province as the longest cantilevered glass-bottomed skywalk on April 2, measuring at 69.6 metres (228 feet). / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

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Suspended more than 120 meters (400 feet) above a gaping chasm, the world’s longest cantilevered glass skywalk is delighting and terrifying visitors in China.

The v-shaped walkway stretches almost 70 meters from a sheer cliff face in southwest Chongqing, offering intrepid tourists a vertigo-inducing view of the ground some 123 meters below.

No more than 30 people are allowed on the skywalk at any one time.

While some pause to pose for photos, others find it all a little too much to cope with, and grip the handrail with both hands as they inch along the walkway.

The structure at the Ordovician park in Wansheng, which is held up by thick cables, was certified earlier this year by Guinness World Records as being the longest of its type anywhere on the planet.

Similar glass-bottomed constructions have become popular attractions at scenic parks in China.

Last year, a 430-meter-long, 300-meter-high glass bridge opened in central Hunan province. It temporarily closed after being overwhelmed by crowds.

In this photo taken on June 1, 2017, a couple walks on a glass-bottomed skywalk, certified as the world’s longest, at the Ordovician park in Wansheng. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
In this photo taken on June 1, 2017, tourists look on from a glass-bottomed skywalk, certified as the world’s longest, at the Ordovician park in Wansheng. / AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR
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